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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and 6, pp. 66-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the city where one hippie was heading to join an ashram?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Pondicherry.
(d) Khatmandhu.

2. Why was the Canadian couple going to Australia?
(a) They wanted to avoid Europeans.
(b) They did not want to learn German.
(c) They had relatives there.
(d) They did not want to learn French.

3. Approximately how much did Theroux's meal cost on the train through France?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) Eight dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Five dollars.

4. What baseball player was the focus of articles in the English-language paper in Teheran?
(a) Hank Aaron.
(b) Jackie Robinson.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) Cal Ripkin.

5. At what Italian station was Duffill left behind?
(a) Bardolino.
(b) Milan.
(c) Domodossola.
(d) Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem did Molesworth quote while waiting for Yugoslav officials to look over passenger papers in Chapter 2?

2. What country did not have a single inch of railway track?

3. What English novelist once wrote, "The journey is the goal"?

4. What was baksheesh?

5. What famous military leader seized control of Bayezid in 1402?

(see the answer key)

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